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On "Neoconservatives" and my all-too-long title.

Reader comment on item: The Leftist-Islamist Alliance in Pictures
in response to reader comment: Hear hear, Pro-Israeli Democrat!

Submitted by Pro-Israeli Democrat (United States), May 19, 2006 at 11:12

Thank you, Arcane. In fact, I was not associating neoconservatism with the far right. In fact, I made the title too long, so that was my mistake. The full title was: "To misguided neoconservatives: "jews" and "aryans"; "believers" and "infidels"- the alliance between Islamism and the RIGHT.

What I meant was as follows: It seems that neoconservative authors and scholars are focusing primarily on a more or less hypothetical leftist-islamist alliance while failing to spotlight an ongoing alliance between the far right and the islamists, which is far more threatening. Even as a liberal (and staunch critic of Bush Administration policies ranging from the Iraq War to policies on stem cell research and abortion to the Dubai Ports Deal), I think that the far left's propositions for a greater society are ridiculous (for that so-called greater society is another USSR...repression, arrest, and summary execution, and NO ONE should wish for that) yet I think they will stop short of allying with Al-Qaeda to achieve it. You are absolutely right, liberals and conservatives must make compromises and align in the battle of ideas, for the survival of Western civilization and of liberal values on the whole is at stake. I would say here in the United States, they are more at risk from fundamentalist/evangelical Christians (whom I have as much contempt for as fundamentalist muslims) than from Islamic extremists. In Europe, though, it is in danger due to Islamism. We can see this in the Muslim blackmail associated with the cartoon publications. Furthermore, far-right movements (nazism; fascism), although certainly also present here, are far more prevalent in countries such as Italy, Austria, and France. Aided by Islamism, will these far right movements send the West back to the 1930s? I sure hope not. So, the key to preserving democracy lies with both the left-of-center and the right-of-center.

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Title Commenter Date Thread
Western civilization [106 words]rymo yamboDec 28, 2008 16:26146089
fear [87 words]kimoSep 29, 2007 20:04109924
1"Palestinian" Arabs [137 words]Osher BaruchSep 15, 2006 03:5356000
Responce to your post [157 words]MufidSep 21, 2006 18:0756000
To misguided neoconservatives... [1419 words]Pro-Israeli DemocratMay 15, 2006 12:2045654
Hear hear, Pro-Israeli Democrat! [155 words]ArcaneMay 17, 2006 17:4945654
On "Neoconservatives" and my all-too-long title. [306 words]Pro-Israeli DemocratMay 19, 2006 11:1245654
Good to hear... [248 words]ArcaneMay 19, 2006 20:0645654
Extremism hurts everyone [1199 words]Pro-Israeli DemocratMay 23, 2006 00:4445654
Infidel leftist [92 words]btillyMay 14, 2006 14:5745589
Useful idiots [38 words]MaryMay 31, 2006 12:3345589
Islamist? [16 words]SebMar 1, 2006 11:0438503

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